Azarenka demolishes Radwanska in quarters

Indian Wells: Top seed Victoria Azarenka stormed into the last four of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a ruthless 6-0 6-2 demolition of Agnieszka Radwanska, improving her record this year to 21-0.

The Belarusian world No 1 outplayed her Polish opponent from the baseline, coasting through the opening set in 25 minutes and racing to a 5-0 lead in the second before being surprisingly broken.

Though fifth-seed Radwanska then held serve for the first time in the match, Azarenka served out to clinch a one-sided victory in just over an hour when her opponent netted a forehand.

"I was really impressed with the way I played today," a beaming Azarenka said in a courtside interview after improving her record to 9-3 against Radwanska. "I didn't expect to win that way. I'm proud how I fought hard and played winning tennis.

Australian Open champion Azarenka will next face Germany's Angelique Kerber, who defeated Li Na of China in Wednesday's night session.

Radwanska came into Wednesday's match with a 20-3 record for this season, all three of her defeats coming against the Belarusian.

"She played very well today, just way too good," the 23-year-old from Krakow said. "She was hitting really well with pretty much no mistakes and making the winners from those shots I didn't really expect.

"I had some chances, but when you're not really taking those chances against good players, then you're going down. It was just her day."

RESULTS

Quarter-finals: Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x5) 6-0, 6-2;

Angelique Kerber (GER x18) bt Li Na (CHN x8) 6-4, 6-2.